Resolutions Revisited

I suspect that the people who read this blog are among the world's smartest and inquisitive folks...so I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't all remember what I had to go look up.

My resolutions for 2012 were pretty much the same as what I mentioned yesterday—Become healthier and more fit, write more, strive to master those elusive social skills, and be more productive. It's kinda like the goals we all write in our company performance review documents: "Sleep less at the desk, stop watching funny cat videos on YouTube when you're supposed to be editing, and try to actually submit a proposal with more than an hour to go before the deadline for once." That section of the document stays the same from year to year, because we never actually do any of that stuff.

But when you use phrases such as "become more..." and "improve in the area of...", you can still use the same phrase the following year, even if you did attain that objective during the last rating period. And the truth is that in 2012 I probably did improve my social skills, and might have even become more productive. For me, it was a pretty good year. I had fun, remained employed, and was never incarcerated. Did I become a better athlete? Well, yeah, maybe...at least in running. My swimming probably isn't any worse, and my triple-axel/double lutz combination can be executed with the same skill level I had last year. I didn't win the Lotto, but I didn't lose money in the Facebook IPO, either.

I'm still thinking, though. I feel like I should have other, more specific, "outside the box" goals. I should, oh I dunno, take a trip to some exotic location (Canada?), attend a drag race at Bandimere, or get a tattoo of Hervé Villechaize. I am planning another trip to Seattle, and intend to participate in more yoga classes, but those aren't exactly "bucket list" accomplishments. The truth is that I'm an incredibly dull person, and my hopes and dreams tend to center more around eating tacos and paying off credit cards than on elephant rides in the Congo or boxing matches with Danny Bonaduce. Sigh.

So I'll continue to think about it, and to ponder the suggestions I get from my friends. I will likely share additional goals with you in the coming days. For now, though, I'm just focused on the swim meet this Saturday, and the 100 x 100s on Sunday. I intend to take it easy on Thursday and Friday so that I'll be slightly tapered for the weekend events. After that, the training for the state meet (and the May marathon) begins in earnest. Fun times ahead, my friends.

In the meantime, I hope the first week of 2013 has been good for you, too. Let's make this a fantastic year all around, OK? Charge on ahead...and have a great day!